Impact of a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) Intervention on Usual Dietary Intake Among Indiana Adults (P04-025-19)

ABSTRACT: Abstract

Objectives

The goal of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) is to assist low-income households to improve diet quality. The objective of this study was to evaluate the long-term effects of SNAP-Ed nutrition education lessons on diet quality and key nutrient and food group outcomes among Indiana SNAP-Ed-eligible adults.

Methods

The study design was a parallel-arm randomized controlled nutrition education intervention. The intervention consisted of the first 4 lessons of the Indiana adult SNAP-Ed curriculum delivered to participants during the 4 to 10 weeks after their baseline assessment. Participants (≥18 yrs) eligible for SNAP-Ed and interested in receiving nutrition education lessons (direct SNAP-Ed) were recruited from 31 Indiana c

SUBMITTER: Rivera R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6574109 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature